The RB19 is so powerful at the command of Max Verstappen that in the Australian Grand Prix prevailed on the track for almost the entire race, until a red flag on lap 56 overshadowed his victory because it generated a disastrous ending with the rest of the teams.
The Dutch pilot won this eventful Grand Prix what had to stop twicethe last leaving a mess.
On lap 56, Haas’s Kevin Magnussen collided with the barrier y he left some remains of his vehicle on the track. This motivated the race director to choose the Red flagwhich he sent to Everybody get off the grill for the final two laps.
As it was expected everyone wanted to take advantage to improve his finish, since the sprint was a real option to pass. But all This caused one last accident that left Carlos Sainz penalized and a crash between the two Alpine cars.
In that last reboot, the one of the vuelta 58it was all calm since the FIA intervened and requested that the 12 cars still in contention finish the race without passing.
This is how Verstappen took advantage at the start of the race
The abandonment of Leclerc in lap 1 y then the departure of Alex Albon on lap 9 helped Verstappen’s strategy to be able to take the lead and not let go again from lap 10; all while Checo Pérez climbed positions after starting in the pits.
Verstappen had fallen behind at the start of the race, but between the accidents and the first red flag, it was enough for what Red Bull could take first place passing Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes, who threatened to give battle.
However, Verstappen dominated the entire race and his advantage was even such that he had more than 10 seconds of difference with the British.
Checo Pérez and his good career
Checo Pérez for his part also took advantage of the accidents to go gaining positions and pass until he was located in position 12 after lap 18. It was then that he began his own race to be able to be in a better position, even to score points.
That was how he climbed positions until the battle against McLaren’s Lando Norris came and he managed to overcome to reach the eighth site, but the red flag and the carom of lap 56 relegated it to place 10.
Thanks to the restart and having the fastest lap and the 5-second penalty for Sainz, Checo Pérez was able to finish in fifth place.
eight dropouts
The Australian Grand Prix was extremely eventfulalthough there was nothing to regret except the inconvenience for being left out of the competitions. The first was Charles Leclerc from Ferrari who went off in a corner on lap 1.
The second was Alex Albón for a similar output and finally George Russell of Mercedes for an engine problemwhich even caught fire and forced to use a fire extinguisher to put it out.
The next to leave was Magnussen the hare after hitting a wall on lap 56 and broke the suspension on the left rear tire. This caused the second red flag that left a chaotic finish.
the last straw came after the red flag of lap 56 when the race resumed with a restart sprint. This is because everyone wanted to pass at the last minute and the two Alpine vehicles collided and took two other single-seaters along the waymaking a career disaster.